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Luke Skywalker, Sith Lord

One evening, while geeking out with my daughters I decided to share a theory I had with them about Star Wars — specifically Return of the…

Oct 20, 2015

Luke Skywalker, Sith Lord

Oct 20, 2015

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What’s the Best Hashing Algorithm for Storing Passwords?

Most people will default to bcrypt when choosing a hashing algorithm for storing sensitive information — but why? Are there other choices…

Jan 10, 2022

What’s the Best Hashing Algorithm for Storing Passwords?

Jan 10, 2022

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What is Big-O Notation?

When I started writing The Imposter’s Handbook, this was the question that was in my head from the start: what the f*** is Big O and why…

Feb 9, 2022

What is Big-O Notation?

Feb 9, 2022

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Mod and Remainder Are Not The Same

A remainder and a modulus look so very similar, but they are not the same thing and worse, are treated differently by different programming…

Aug 21, 2018

Mod and Remainder Are Not The Same

Aug 21, 2018

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Creating a Full Text Search Engine in PostgreSQL, 2022

Writing a full text index in PostgreSQL is an art form. You need to know what your users are looking so you can build the right index AND…

Sep 3, 2022

Creating a Full Text Search Engine in PostgreSQL, 2022

Sep 3, 2022

🥷🏽 Self Sabotage: The Good Parts

I’ve been listening to books about business and personal growth over the last month and I noticed something interesting when it came to the…

Mar 11

🥷🏽 Self Sabotage: The Good Parts

Mar 11

Trying Something Different: A Real World Tutorial for Frontend Programming

TL;DR I’m making a course on Vue 3 and Nuxt 3 which is about 60% complete. There’s a book (90% done), a 30-ish video walkthrough of…

Jun 9, 2023

Trying Something Different: A Real World Tutorial for Frontend Programming

Jun 9, 2023

Seven Simple Steps to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Getting over imposter syndrome is no easy task, but it starts by recognizing a cold, hard truth: you’re being toxic to yourself and those…

Feb 5, 2023

Seven Simple Steps to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Feb 5, 2023

I Accidentally Got Ridiculously High Visiting My Mom, and it Changed My Life

I remember clearly filling the dropper and popping two squirts of the stuff into my tumbler of soda water. I thought it was bitters, some…

Jan 7, 2023

I Accidentally Got Ridiculously High Visiting My Mom, and it Changed My Life

Jan 7, 2023

The Importance of Knowing Your Numbers

As programmers we tend to think of reports after the fact, often when it’s too late. I learned this the hard way over the last few days.

Dec 19, 2022

The Importance of Knowing Your Numbers

Dec 19, 2022

Rob Conery

Rob Conery

12.1K Followers

Author of The Imposter’s Handbook, founder of bigmachine.io, Cofounder of tekpub.com, creator of This Developer's Life, creator of lots of open source stuff.

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